Surgical Attire Flashcards
Fabric for surgical attire should be?
- Low lint
2. Tightly woven
No recommendation can be made for wearing long sleeves in the semi-restricted and restricted areas other than during performance of ?
preoperative patient skin antisepsis
If worn, cover apparel (eg, lab coats) should be?
Clean
Covering of the scalp and hair is required when entering ?
the semi-restricted and restricted areas.
This is required when entering the restricted areas and while preparing and packaging items in the clean assembly section of the sterile processing area.
Covering a beard
No recommendation can be made for the type of head covers worn in ?
the semi-restricted and restricted areas
Remove head coverings at the end of the shift or when they are contaminated.
Reusable head coverings contaminated with blood, body fluids, or other potentially infectious materials must remain at the health care facility for laundering.
Wear clean shoes when entering ?
the semi-restricted or restricted areas.
Wear protective footwear that meets?
the health care organization’s safety requirements
These must be worn in instances when gross contamination can reasonably be anticipated
Fluid-resistant shoe covers or boots
Shoe covers worn as PPE must be removed immediately after use.
After removal, discard the shoe covers and perform hand hygiene
Clean identification badges with what type of disinfectant when the badge becomes soiled with blood, body fluids, or other potentially infectious materials?
a low-level disinfectant
Clean lanyards with what type of disinfectant when the lanyard becomes soiled with blood, body fluids, or other potentially infectious materials?
a low-level disinfectant
Clean stethoscopes before each patient use according to?
the manufacturer’s instructions for use
Clean cell phones, tablets, and other personal communication or hand-held electronic equipment according to ?
the device manufacturer’s instructions for use before these items are brought into the OR, and perform hand hygiene.
No recommendation can be made for whether a necklace may be worn
in the semi-restricted and restricted areas.
Visitors entering the semi-restricted or restricted areas of the surgical suite (eg, law enforcement officers, parents, biomedical engineers) should don ?
either clean surgical attire or a single-use jumpsuit (eg, coveralls, bunny suit) designed to completely cover personal apparel.
Wear clean surgical attire when entering
the semi-restricted and restricted areas.
After each daily use, launder scrub attire at
a health care–accredited laundry facility,
the health care organization according to state regulatory requirements, or
the health care organization according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for laundering4 in the absence of state requirements.
Prevent contamination of laundered surgical attire during transport to the health care facility
transport laundered surgical attire in enclosed carts or containers and in vehicles that are cleaned and disinfected regularly
Scrub attire contaminated with visible blood or body fluids must remain at ?
the health care facility for laundering
Contaminated scrub attire must be ?
bagged or containerized at the location where it was used and not be rinsed or sorted
Remove surgical attire
before leaving the health care facility.
No recommendation can be made regarding personal clothing worn under scrub attire.
Personal clothing contaminated with blood, body fluids, or other potentially infectious materials must remain at the health care facility for laundering
